Powdered-soap dispenser.



E. O. WIDEMAN.

POWDEEED SOAP DISPENSER.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN.18, 1913 Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Inventor Attorneys a m E 2 valve 18 is contracted so as to provide a collar 20, a set screw 21 being engaged through the collar to contact with'the axial portion 17 of the coil so as to adjustably support the valve. A strip or bar of sheet metal 22 fits diametrically within the lower end of the casing, the same preferably having its ends downturned and seated against the bottom 10, which stri forms a guide for the axial portion 17 of the coil. The axial portion 17 passes through the guide 22, and the valve 18 is mounted on the portion 17 below the uide, while an agitator 23 is mounted on t e axial portion 17 of the coil above theguide 22. This agitator consists of a plurality of arms projecting radially from the portion 17, and preferably bent downward, although the agitator may be otherwise constructed. A tapered actuating knob or head 24 is mounted on the lower end of the axial portion 17 of the coil, the knob 24 being tapered upwardly and having a socket or recess 25' in its upper end into which the lower end of the portion 17 fits. The knob 24 also carries a set screw 26 adapted to engage or contact with the portion 17. Thus, either or both the valve 18 and knob24 may be adjustedupon the depending or axial portion 17 of the coil, the valve 18 normally closing the opening 19 at the bottom of the casing, and the upper end of the tapered knob 24 being adapted to enter the opening 19 when the knob is forced upward by the hand. In this manner, when the 'knob is forced upward, the same will enter the opening 19 and will control the discharge of the powdered soap, so that by adjusting the valve and knob, the soap ma be dispensed in the most. economical or e cient manner. The agitator 23 tends to prevent the soap from choking about the opening, and is operable with the valve 18 when the knob 24 is forced or lifted upward.

The spout or guard 9 has its lower end contracted and is provided at its 11 per end with a shoulder or seat 27 upon w ich the periphery of the bottom 10 rests or seats, the shoulder 27 having an upstandin peripheral flange 28 in screw threade ment with the lower end of the casing in order that the periphery of the bottom 10 is firmly held or seated against the lower end of the casing. The knob 24 de ends loosely through the opening 29 at the ower end of the spout, so t at the said knob may be raised or forced u ward by the hand to open the closure an permit the soap to gravitate into the palm of the hand. I

The upper end of the casing 7 is rovided with an instruck ear or seat 30 for t e u per end of the coil 16. The u per endo the coil 16 rests or fits within t e ear or seat 30' and the free portion thereof is bent back downwardly into a loop 31 the inner end of engages 1 which forms a shoulder 32 resting against the seat or car 30. --The 'upper end of the casing is also provided with a pair of diametrically opposite bayonet slots 33, one of which is arranged adjacent the seat 30, so

that the bight of the loop 31 extends over the tail of the adjoining bayonet slot. The casing is further rovided with an opening or slot 34 below t e respective bayonet slot and adjoining the lower 'arm of the loop 31, this opening or slot 34 permitting the insertion of a nail, wire or other implement for the purpose of depressing the loop or upper end of the spring. The cap or cover 8 is provided with a dianietrical rod or wire 35 connecting opposite portions of its flange, the said rod 35 being adapted to enter the bayonet slots 33 when the cap is engaged on or over the upper end of the casing. The bight of the loop 31 is so disposed that when therod 35 is engaged within the tail of the respective bayonet slot, the bight of the loop will first be depressed and'will then spring in back of the rod 35 to lock the same within the tail of the bayonet slot. and thereby prevent the cover or cap from being reimoved unless the loop or upperend of the coil is manually depressed .by the insertion of a suitable implement intothe slot or openmg 34. By inserting af-nail, wire or other suitable implement into the slot, 34 above zthe lower arm or porton of the loop 31,the loop or upper end of the coil -may be depressed out of engagement with the rod 35, in which event, the cap or cover will'be free =to be removed. In this manner, the cap may be locked against malicious or casualre- .moval, and only those possessing the requi- Zsiteimplement or knowledge of the operatlon necessary, can successfully remove the cap or cover. It will be noted that the end of :the loop opposite the bight seats or rests against the ear or seat 30 so as to prevent the loop from being forced backwardly should the ca 8 be given a rotary tension. It will there ore be manifest that the cap is effectively locked in position on the easing, but ma be readily removed in the manner above escribed.

Particular attention is directed to the fact that the coil 16 serves the dual function of holding the closure or valve 18 in position,

and of locking the cap or cover in position, which provides a desirable and meritorious feature.

The use of the present dispenser and the advantages thereof will be manifest from nosepe'r cover engageable on the upper end of the casing, the upper end of the coil serving to lock the cover against retrograde movement, and the casin having an opening adjoining the upper end of the coil for the insertion of an implement to release the upper end of the coil from the cover.

2. In a dispenser, a casing having a dispensing opening at its lower end, a closure for the opening, a coil in the casin for yieldingly holding the closure in position, a cover engageable on'the upper end of the casing, the casing having a slot in its upper end, the cover having a member to enter the slot, and the upper end of the coil serving to lock the said member against retrograde movement, and the casing having an opening adjoining the upper end of the coil for the insertion oian implement to releaee the upper end of the coil from the said member; I

3. In a dispenser a casing having a bayonet slot, a cap for the casing having a member to enter the slot, a coil in the casing, the casing havin a seat for the upper end of the coil adjomin the bayonet slot and the upper end of t e coil being bent back downwardly into a loop, the bight of the loop projecting over the tail of the bayonet slot and the other end of the loop resting against the seat.

4. In a dispenser, a casing having a buyonet slot,-a cap for the casing having a member to enter the slot, a coil in the casing, the

casing havin a seat for the upper end of the coil adjoining the bayonet slot and the upper end of the coil hein bent back down- Wardly into a loop, the hight of the loop projecting" over the tail of the bayonet slot and the other end of the loop resting against the seat, the casing having a slot adjoining the lower arm of the loop for the insertion of an implement to depress the loop.

5. in a dispenser, a casing having a dispensing opening at its lower end, a closure for the opening, cover engageable on the upper end of the casing, and a coil dispesed in the casing, a coii having lower end connected to the said closure for yieldingly holding the same "Within the dispensing opening, the casing having means for holding the upper end of the coil, the upper end of the coil and cover having cooperating meens for normally maintaining the cover in position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDMUND WIDEMAN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE Knssnnr, Joe. C. LANG. 

